Albany Country Club
President’s Message
Welcome to Springtime at ACC! The Board of Governors, club management and staff have been working hard preparing for and looking forward to an another great season! Easter Brunch will be very busy with a full dining room and the official kick-off of our season.
In February, the board had a retreat and focused on the long-term and short-term goals and plans for the future:
Key areas included:
The land sale: we are still progressing, albeit slowly. We are still moving ahead; more details will be announced in the near future.
Membership: Revising current offerings to Membership categories with fewer options, simplified application, and the return to an initiation fee in 2023. An initiation fee is essential as it stabilizes membership, increases the length of stay, provides an essential contribution to capital funds, and helps to maintain affordable dues levels. Capital Improvements include and are not limited to new pool furniture, Tennis court renovations, improved drainage, and modifications to the golf course in redesigned forward tees and renovation of the 13 th green. The continuation of the highly successful premier pricing program in the pro shop open to all members of ACC will be funded through advertising on the golf carts, Committees: Thank you! We have eight committees with over 60 members volunteering to help to make the club a great place to spend time at. Committee chairs lead their respective committees on improving all aspects of the club. Our first-class staff works with the committees to streamline and implement great ideas. Feedback from members often ends up on agendas for improved offerings. 2022 still has substantial impacts on our operations from Covid. We are practicing safe standards and will continue to in the future. We face challenges in all aspects of the cost of being in business, including high inflation, higher labor costs, food and supply costs, and high delivery fees. We are doing our best to maintain costs but expect some challenges here. The food and beverage department have brought back all of their team, and are preparing new menus with excellent choices, including many ACC favorites; please let us know what you would love to see going forward. Our banquet, wedding and golf outing bookings are strong, which will generate substantial revenue to minimize our fixed expenses. Marcus and his team have been working hard getting the course ready and we are hopeful that the golf course will open this weekend or very soon after! The 2022 tournament booklet is now available with many of our traditional tournaments as well as a couple new and exciting ones. Our pro shop will welcome the return of Andrew and Joel this year, again enhancing playing with the pros and adding additional lesson opportunities to strengthen your game. Membership levels and renewals have remained strong; although we had a few resignations, we are level with 2021 numbers and expect a big push of new members. The current membership count is 226 golfing and 106 social. Our commitment to you is to have a safe and enjoyable place for you and your family to relax, socialize and play. Thank you for being part of making ACC a memorable place we all enjoy; please feel free to contact me at president@albanycc.cc with any questions, concerns, or compliments.
Jim Harris, Jr. President
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